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VOL. I. 

1 The Irish Attorney 

2 Boots at the Swan 

3 How to Pay the Rent 

4 The Loan of a Lover 
6 The Dead Shot 

6 His Last Legs 

7 The Invisible Prince 
6 The Gohlen Farmer 

VOL. U. 
9 Pride of the Market 

10 Used Up 

11 The Irish Tutor 

12 The Barrack Room 

13 Luke the Laborer 

14 Beautv and the Beast 

15 St. P.i"trick's Eve 

16 Captain of the Watch 

VOL. lU. 

17 The Secret [pers 

18 White Horse of the Pep- 

19 The Jacobite 

20 The Bottle 
21*Box and Cox 

22 Bamboozling 

23 Widoi^'s Victim 

24 Robert Macaire 

VOL. IV. 

25 Secret Service 

26 Omnibus 

27 Irish Lion 

28 Maid of Croissy 

29 The Old Guard 

30 Raising the Wind 

31 Slasher and Crasher 

32 Naval Engagements 

VOL. V. 

33 Cocknies in California 

34 Who Speaks First 

35 Bombastes Furioso 
36^Iacbeth Travestie 

37 Irish Ambassador 

38 Delicate Ground 

39 The Weathercock [Gold 

40 All that Glitters is Not 

VOL. VI. 

41 Grimshaw, Bagshaw and 

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42 Rough Diamond 

43 Bloomer Costume 

44 Two Bounycastles 

45 Born to Good Luck 

lb Kiss in the Dark [jurer 
47 'Twould Puzzle a Con- 
18 Kill or Cure 

VOL. VII. 

49 Box and Cox Married and 

50 St. Cupid [Settled 

51 Go-to-bed Tom 

52 The Lawyers 

53 Jack Sheppard 

54 The Toodles 

55 The Mobcap 

56 Ladies Beware 

VOL. VIIL 
67 Morning Call 

58 Popping the Question 

59 Deaf as a Post 

60 Ne .V Footman 

61 Pleasant Neighbor 

62 Paddy the Piper 

63 Brian O'Linn 

64 Irish Assurance 

VOL. IX. 

65 Temptation 

66 Paddy Carey 

67 Two Gregories 

68 King Charming 

69 Po-ca-hon-tas 

70 Clockmaker's Hat 

71 Married Rake 

72 Love and Murder 

VOL. X. 

73 Ireland and America 

74 Pretty Piece of Business 

75 Irish Broom-maker 

76 To Paris and Back for 

Five Pounds 

77 That Blessed Baby 

78 Our Gal 

79 Swiss Cottage 

80 Young Widow 



VOL. XI. 

81 O'Flannig in and the Fai 

82 Irish Post [ries 

83 My Neighbor's Wife 

84 Irish Tiger 

85 P. P., or Man and Tiger 

86 To Oblige Benson 

87 State Secrets 

88 Irish Yankee 

VOL. XIL 

89 A Good Fellow 

90 Cherry and Fair Star 

91 Gale Breezely 

92 Our Jemimv 

93 Miller's Maid 

94 Awkward Arrival 

95 Crossing the Line 

96 Conjugal Lesson 

'VOL. XIII. 

97 My Wife's Mirror 

98 Life in New York 

99 Middy Ashore 

100 Crown Prince 

101 Two Queens 

102 Thumping Legacy 

103 Unfinished Ooutleman 

104 House Dog 

VOL. XIV. 

105 The Demon Lover 

106 Alatrimony 

107 In and Out of Place 

108 I Dine with My Mother 

109 Hi-a-wa-tha 

110 Andv Blake 

111 Love* in '76 [ties 

112 Romance under DiflScul- 

VOL. XV. 

113 One Coat for i Suits 

114 A Decided Case 

15 Daughter [noritv 

116 No; or, the Glorious Mi- 

117 Coroner's Inquisition 

118 Love in Humble Life 

19 Family Jars 

20 Personation 

VOL. XVL 
121 Children in the Wood 
22 Winning a Husband 

123 Day After the Fiiir 

124 Maki Your Wills 

125 Rendezvous 

126 My Wife's Husband 

27 Monsieur Tonson 

28 Illustrious Stranger 

VOL. XVII. 

129 Mischief-Making [Mi nes 

130 A Live Woman in the 
n The Corsair 

132 Shvlock 

133 Spoiled Child 

134 Evil Ej-e 

135 Vothing to Nurse 

136 Wanted a Widow 
VOL. XVIJL 

137 Lottery Ticket 

138 Fortune's Frolic 

139 Is he JeiilousI 

140 Married Bachelor 

141 Husband at Sight 

142 Irishman in London 

143 Anima! Magnetism 

144 Highways and By-Ways 

VOL. XIX. 

145 Columbus 

146 Harlequin Bluebeard 

147 Ladies at Home 

148 Phenomenon in a Smock 
Frock 

149 Comedy and Tragedy 

150 Opposite Neighbors 

151 Dutchman's Ghost 

152 Persecuted Dutchman 

VOL. XX. 

153 Muaard Ball 

1.54 Great Tragic Revival 

155 High Low Jack Si Game 

156 A Gentleman from Ire- 

157 Tom and Jerry [land 

158 Village Lawyer 

159 Captain's not A-miss 

160 Amateurs and Actors 



VOL. XXI. 

161 ProDK.tion [ual 

162 \ Fasciiiatiiig Individ- 

163 Mrs. Caudle 

164 Shakespeare's Dream 

165 Neptunes Defeat 

166 Lady of Bedchamber 

167 Take Care of Little 

168 Irish Widow [Charley 

VOL. XXII. 

169 Yankee Peddler 

170 Hiram Hireout 

171 Double-Bedded Room 

172 The Drama Defended 

173 Vermont Wool Dealer 

174 Ebenezer Venture [ter 

175 Principles from Charac 

176 Lady of the Lake (Trav) 

VOL. XXIII. 

177 Mad Dogs 

178 Barney the Baron 

179 Swiss Swains 

180 Bachelor's Bedroom 

181 A Roland for an Oliver 

182 More Blunders than One 

183 Dumb Belle 
1^4 Limerick Boy 

VOL. XXIV. 

185 Nature and Philosophy 

186 Teddy the Tiler 

187 Spectre Bridegroom 

188 Matteo Falcone 

189 Jenny Lind 

190 Two Buzzards 

191 Happy Man 

192 Betsy Baker 
VOL. XXV. 

193 No. 1 Round the Comer 

194 Teddy Roe 
Object of lnt>>rest 

196 Mv Fellow Clerk 

197 Bengal Tiger 

198 Laughing Hvena 

199 The Victor Vanquished 

200 Our Wife 
VOL. XXVI. 

My Husband's Mirror 

202 Yankee Land 

203 Norah Creina 

204 Good for Nothing 

205 The First Night 

206 The Eton Boy 

207 Wandering Minstrel 

208 Wanted, 1000 Milliners 
VOL. XXVII. 

209 Poor Pilcoddy 

210 The Mummy [Glasse 

211 Don't Forget your Opera 

212 Love in Livery 

213 Anthony and Cleopatra 

214 Trying Tt On 

215 Stage Strur.k Yankee 

216 Young Wife & Old Um- 

brella 

VOL. xxvnL 

217 Crinoline 
A Faoiily Failing 

219 Adopted Child 

220 Turned Heads 

221 A Match in the Dark 

222 Advice to Husbands 
Siamese Twins 

224 Sent to the Tower 
VOL. XXIX. 

225 Somebody Else 
2-.'6 Ladies' Battle 
227 Art of Acting 
""" The Ladv of the Lions 
229 The Rights of Man 
2.30 My Husband's Ghost 

231 Two Can Play at that 
Game 

232 Fighting bv Proxy 
VOL. XXX. 

Unprotected Female 
2.34 Pet of the Petticoats 

235 Fortv and Fifty [book 

236 V/ho Stole the Pocket- 
J37 My Son Diana [sion 

238 Unwarrantable Intru- 

239 Mr. and Mrs. White 

240 A Quiet Family 



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VOL. XXXI. 

241 Cool as Cucumber 

242 Sudden Thoughts 

243 Jumho Jum 

244 A Blighted Being 

245 Little Toddlekins 

24b A Lover by Proxy [Pail 

247 Maid with the Milking 

248 Perplexing Predicament 

VOL. XXXli. 

249 Dr. Dilworth 

250 Out to Nurse 

251 A Lucky Hit 

252 The Dowag;er 

253 Metamora (Burleique) 

254 Dreams of Delusion 

255 The Shaker Lovers 

256 Ticklish Times 

VOL. XXXIU. 
57 20 Minutes with a Tiger 

258 Miralda; or, the Justice 

of Tacon 

259 A Soldier's Courtship 

260 Servants by Legacy 

261 Dying for Love 

262 Alarming Sacrifice 

263 Valet de Sham 

264 Nicholas Nickleby 

VOL. XXXlV. 

265 The Last of the Pigtails 

266 King Rene's Daughter 

267 The Grotto Nvn.ph 

268 A Devilish Good Joke 

269 A Twice Told Tale 

270 Pas de Fascination 

71 Revolutionary Soldier 

272 A Man Without a Head 

VOL. XXXV. 

273 The Olio, Part 1 

274 Tne Olio, Part 2 

275 The Olio, Part 3 [ter 

276 The Trumpeter's Daugh. 

277 Seeing Warren 

278 Green Mountain Boy 

279 That Nose 

280 Tom Noddy's Secret 

VOL. X'XXVI. 

281 Shocking Events 

282 A Regular Fix 

283 Dick Turpin 

284 Young Scimp 

285 Young Actress 

286 Call at No. 1—7 

287 One Touch of Natnre 

288 Two B'hoys 

VOL. XXXVII. 

289 All the World's a Stage 

290 Quash, or Nigger Prac- 

291 Turn Him Out [tice 

292 Pretty Girls of Stillberg 

293 Angel of the Attic 

294 ClrcumstancesalterCases 

295 Katty O'Sheal 

296 A Supper in Dixie 

VOL. XXXVIII. 

297 loi on Parle Francais / 

298 Who Killed Cock Robi/ 

299 Declaration of Indeperit 

300 Heads or Tails fence 

301 Obstinate Family 

302 Mv .Aunt 

308 That Rascal Pat 
:W4 Don Paddy de Baran 

VOL. XXXIX. [ture 

305 Too Much for Good Na- 

306 Cure for the Fidgets 

307 Jack's the L.ad 

308 Much Ado A bout Nothing 

309 Artful Dodeer 

310 Winning Hazard 

311 Day's Fishing [4c. 

312 Did you ev^r send your, 

VOL. XL. 
13 An Irishman's Maneuver 

314 Cousin Fannie 

315 'Tis the Darkest Hourbe- 
i] 6 Masquerade [fore Dawn 

317 Crowding the Season 

318 Good Nieht'sRest 

319 Man with the Carpet Bag 

320 Terrible Tinker 



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THE GREY PARROT 



Cbatactets^ 

Tt», r-.xTXT^^^ ) About 30. Bronzed. 

Jim Gannett f ,, ^ o o /^ i 

o»„ -D^^^ ^ r Mates on S. S. Curlew 
Sam Rogers ( ,,, ^, u i. 

) Weather-beaten appear* 

ance, 50 years old. 

HoBSON ■ A Publican. 

P. C. 24 

Mary Gannett Gannett's wife. 

Jane Rogers Rogers' wife. 

Originally Produced, Demnsliire Park Theatre, Nov» 2nd. 
1899, for three performances. 
Strand Theatre, Nov. 6tli, 1899 — 109 j)erformances. 

Cast at Stranb XTbeatre^ 

Jim Gannett Charles Rock. 

Sam Rogers Wilton Heriot. 

Hobson George Shelton. 

P. C. 24 Herbert Leonard. 

Mary Gannett Miss Cybel Wynne — 

Mrs, Charles Rock. 

Jane Rogers Miss Robertha Erskine. 



THE GREY PARROT. 



(As Curtain rises the sound of voices in argument heard 
offi^. Gannett aiid Rogers /<zj"i- window angrily 
arguing with P. C. 24, who follows them, Hobson/^/- 
lowijig after. Door r. c. is opened aiidQ^^^^ni: and 
Rogers enter, the former carryi?ig a parrot * in a 
large cage which is tied up in two red handkerchiefs 
and a brown paper parcel. P. C. 24 remains at the 
door. Hobson remaining behind him, but in view of 
the audie7ice.) 

P. C. 24. That's enough. That's enough. 

Jim. Well, I couldn't help it, could I ? I dropped 
the bird off the top of the 'bus, and it naturally gave 
vent to its feelings. 

P. C. 24. I've told you if I hear any more such 
language, I shall hold you responsible. 

Jim. You can do what you please, but you can't 
lock me up, because my parrot swears. Can he, Sam ? 
(Puts parrot o?i table in tvindow L. c. and parcel on table 
down stage l. c, sits on r. of table.) 

Sam. In course not, never heard of such a thing. 
{Sitting on head of sofa down r.) 

P. C. 24. I don't believe it was the parrot at all. 
It's my idea it was you up to some ventriloquism non- 
sense, chucking your own bad language into a poor 
innocent bird. 

Hobson. Well, in my opinion the Captain's quite 
right — there ! 

P. C. 24 {to Hobson). You mind your own busi- 
ness. Who's speaking to you ? 

* A stuffed Parrot. 

3 



4 THE GREY PARROT. 

HoBSON. I merely said in my opinion the Cap- 
tain's quite right, and I stick to it. A man's at Uberty 
to his opinion. The language you're so down on 
wasn't his at all, it was that wonderful bird's. 

P. C. 24. Well, that's enough. All I can say is, 
I've warned you, and I shall send in a report to Head- 
quarters. 

{Goes off L.) 

HoBSON {caUiiig after hiTn). Headquarters 1 Rot I 
You go to the Parrot house at the Crystal Palace, and 
tell 'em that a parrot has arrived in England that can 
say something stronger than a common or garden 
Damn. {Coming down to Gannett a7id Rogers.) 
You'll excuse me. Captain, a interfering. 

Jim. C course. 

HoBSON (/^Rogers). An' you, mate? 

Sam. Why, certainly, I ain't got the gift o' the gab 
myself, and it's a treat to hear any one talk to a bobby 
like you did. 

HoBSON. Oh, that's nothing. But talking about 
talking, that parrot of yours is a beauty at it. 

Jim. Yes, it can express itself pretty forcibly. 

HoBSON. Express itself forcibly ! Why, in my 
opinion, it's a word painter. You may believe me or 
not, but I can assure you in a thirty-two-years' experi- 
ence in the ' public ' line from pot-boy to boss, I never 
heard anyone with a better command of language than 
that bird. I admire originality, and I admire that 
bird. Look 'ere, to prove I mean what I say, I'll give 
you a five pun' note for it. 

Jim. Thanks, mate, but it's not for sale. 

HoBSON. Well, look here, there's my card. {Taking 
card out of waistcoat pocket. ) I 'm only two streets away. 
My place is "The Dockers' Arms" so if you think 
better of it, send round and we'll deal. {Hands card to 
Jim, who takes it^ 

Jim. Thanks all the same, but I don't mean to 
sell it. 



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THE GREY PARROT. 5 

HoBSON. All right, p'raps you'll change your mind. 
It's a mortal pity to keep a bird with such accomplish- 
ments in a small circle. In my opinion what it ought 
to have is publicity, and 1 can give it that. Good-day. 
Don't forget, a fiver ! 

Jim ^ 

and V Good-day. 

Sam) 

(HoBSON exits d. r. c. to L.) 

Jim. I wonder where the Missus can be. {Goes to 
•D. 1.. and calls.) Mary I Mary! 

Sam. Don't you worry about her, why she's prob- 
ably out shopping, getting something tasty for your re- 
turn. Five o'clock is when you were expected, and 
it's only three yet. 

Jim. So it is, Sam, I brought that bird home as a 
present for my wife. The man I bought it of said it 
was a highly respectable bird, and wouldn't know a 
bad word when it heard it. 

Sam. Well, I expect the character he gave the bird 
was as he found it. You'd probably say a word or two 
if you were dropped off a 'bus. 

Jim. No doubt, but I couldn't help it, could I ? 
That fool of a driver started his engines before I'd got 
down the companion-ladder. 

Sam {looki?ig at cage). Well, it's quiet enough now. 

Jim. Oh yes, it'll keep quiet as long as it's covered 
up. 

Sam. And not dropped off 'busses. 

Jim. Oh, you shut up, you've too much humour you 
have. You know, Sam, I hardly like to give that bird 
to my wife after the swearing it indulged in. 

Sam. Oh, it's no good being too particular, that's 
the worst of all you young married fellows. Seem to 
think your wife has got to be wrapped up in cotton 
wool. 

Jim. Nothing of the sort. Only when you buy your 
wife a parrot to remind her of you when you're away, 



Q THE GREY PARROT. 

and that parrot will insist on using the most awful lan- 
guage, it doesn't seem the right sort of present. 

Sam. Ten chances to one she'll be amused. 

Jim. Amused ! I don't think any woman would be 
amused at that bird's language. 

Sam. Then why don't you sell it to Hobson ? 

Jim. No fear. I bought that bird for a purpose. 
You've never met my wife yet, but when you do, you'll 
see she's pretty, and what I'm afraid of is that she'll 
get too much attention. 

Sam. Well, women like that. 

Jim. But I don't. When I think of it I go hot all 
over — boiling hot. 

Sam. That won't last, you won't care tuppence this 
time next year. 

Jim. Oh, won't I ? Why, the day she came down 
to see me off, on this last trip, I saw the chap next door 
looking at her. 

Sam. The man next door looked at her. ( JVt/d/jy.) 
Good heavens ! 

Jim. I don't want any of your confounded impu- 
dence. {Pause.) He put his hat on straighter when 
he passed us, what do you think of that ? 

Sam {gravely). Can't say, it might mean anything. 

Jim. If he gets up to any of his nonsense while 
I'm away, I'll punch his head. I shall know of it. I 
am going to ask the landlady to keep her weather eye 
open. You see my wife was brought up in the coun- 
try, and she's very young and simple, so it's quite 
right and proper for her to have a motherly old body 
to look after her. 

Sam. Are you going to tell your wife ? 

Jim. No ! The fact is, Sam, my wife is very super- 
stitious, and I've got a great scheme in my head about 
that bird. 

Sam. A scheme. What do you mean ? 

Jim. Never you mind. But with that parrot and 
the landlady, I think I shall find out if I have any cause 
to be jealous. 



THE GREY PARROT. 7 

Sam {puzzled). Well, I'm blowed if I understand 
you. Look here, old man, you take my advice and 
don't keep your wife so tight hauled. Let her run 
before the wind a bit. An old captain of mine used 
to say that a woman was like a battleship, no good 
until her compasses were adjusted. Well, I must be 
off or else the patience of Mrs. Rogers will be ex- 
hausted, and she'll be tacking down to the ship, to 
see if I am on the list of the missing. So long. 

{Exit Sam d. r. c. to r.) 

Jim. So long. {To Parrot.) Yes, you're a beauty, 
you are. Instead of being ashamed of yourself for 
using such language, I am blessed if you don't look 
quite conceited — and I expect you'd be still more stuck 
up if you knew that you were going to get the credit of 
giving me all the information I shall get from the land- 
lady. {At table c. ope?iing parcel, disclosing work-box). 
There, bless her heart, that's for her, and {openi?ig the 
box and taking out a head necklace — Italiafi) this too. 
I think it will please her. 

{During latter part of Jim's speech Mrs. Gannett 
passes the window from L., and lifting the latch, 
comes in imheard by Jim. She's a bright , cheery, 
fresh little woma?i about 20. She carries a small 
basket with a few packages in it. The neck of 
a bottle showing, also a s7Jiall bunch of flowers. See- 
ing Jim, she places these on sideboard r., and slyly 
comes down and puts her hajids on Jim's shoulders). 

Mary. Yes, I am sure it will. 

Jim. Mary. Give me a kiss. (Bus.) Now let me 
put it on for you. {Tuts necklace round her neck.) 

Mary. You dear. I am glad to have you back. 

Jim. That's right. Now see here — {Showing box.) 
That's for you. 

Mary. Oh. Jim, how good of you, it's lovely. Now 
you sit in the armchair and see what I've got for you. 

Jim. What, have you got a present for me.? 



8 THE GREY PARROT. 

(Mary goes to sofa r., ajid opens basket, and produces 
faficy cigar case filled with cigars a fid holds it up.) 

Cigars 1 You dear ! Why, I have had nothing but 
ship's baccy since I saw you last. 

(Mary hands him case, and gets matches from mantel- 
piece.) 

Why, Mary, how did you know how to choose cigars ? 
Mary. Oh, I chose the prettiest case. 

(Jim looki?ig dubiously at cigar.) 

{As she lights it.) It is a good one, isn't it ? 

Jim {cheerily). Pulls like a rope. 

Mary. There, now you old dear, you're comforta- 
ble, aren't you ? 

Jim. Rather ! Hold on, there's something more for 
you. Look behind you. 

(^Mary turnifig and seeing parrot cage, rims over to it.) 

Mary. Oh, Jim ! {About to remove cover.) 

Jim. No, don't uncover it. It'll start talking and 
swear 

Mary. Oh, Jim, does it swear ? 

Jim. Rather! I mean only a little. You see at 
first it'll find it strange being in a room, after board- 
ship ; I should only uncover it a bit at a time. Isn't it 
a beauty ? Why, Hobson, of the Dockers' Arms of- 
fered me five pounds for it not ten minutes ago, and I 
refused it. I — I — I bought it to be company for you 
while I'm away. 

Mary. You're too good to me, Jim. {Looks into 
cage, and suddoily draws back). Oh, Jim, it said some- 
thing awful. 

• Jim. Yes, it's a beautiful talker, and it's so clever 
that it picks up all the things it hears. 

Mary. After what it's just said, I hope it's clever 
enough to drop some of them. Jim, it looks as though 
it knew what I had beeo saying. 



THE GREY PARROT. 9 

Jim. Yes, and so it does. I didn't tell you before, 
but {coughs) that parrot's a Magic bird, at least that is 
the reputation it had with the people I bought it from. 
Why, it knows what people are doing even when it is 
nowhere near them, and it will always tell on being 
questioned. 
I Mary. But you don't believe such nonsense as 

that ? 

Jim. Yes, I do. ^ 

Mary. But how can it know, what I'm domg when 
/'w away. 

Jim. Ah, that's it's secret. A good many people 
would like to know that, but nobody has found it out 
yet. You'll find it's quite true. When I come back 
from my next trip, that bird will be able to tell me how 
you have been, and everything you've done during my 
absence. 

Mary. Good gracious 1 

Jim. If you stay out after seven of an evenmg, or 
do anything else that I shouldn't like, that bird will tell 
me. It'll tell me who comes to see you. 

Mary. Well, it won't have anything bad to tell of 
me unless it tells lies. ^ 

Jim. Ah, that's the best of that bird. It can t 
tell lies. {Suddenly remembering.) Here, I've got to 
get back to the ship again to meet Matheson the engi- 
neer. Something went wrong with the steering gear 
two days out, and it hasn't worked as smoothly as it 
ought, this last day or so. 

Mary. Oh, Jim, you won't be long ? 

Jim. I shall be back in half an hour. Oh, by the 
way, have you seen anything of that fellow who stared 
at you so the day you came to see me off this last trip ? 

Mary. Of course I haven't, Jim. How can you 
ask me such a thing ? 

Jim. Well, you'd better be careful, because that 
parrot will tell me. 

Mary. Why, Jim, you know in your heart 1 ve 
never given you any cause to doubt me, now have I ? 



10 THE GREY PARROT. 

Jim. No, I don't think you ever have. But don't 
you do it. 

Mary. Of course I never -will. 

Jim. Well, don't. Remember the parrot will know 
and I shall know. Good-bye. 

Mary. Good-bye, Jim. 

{^Exit Jim d. r. c. to R.) 

[half sobbing). Dear old Jim ! I wish he'd under- 
stand he's all the world to me, but he won't, and now 
he's set that beast to watch me. It's a shame. ( Up- 
set.) 

{A knock is heard at d. r. c, she takes 710 notice^ it is re- 
peated^ and then Mrs. Gannett hears it, and rushes 
to glass over fireplace l. a7id wipes her eyes, theri goes 
to D. R. c. ope?is it and discovers Mrs. Rogers, a stout 
cheery buxom woman 0/4^ — also Sam Rogers.) 

Yes? 

Sam. Excuse me, Mrs. Gannett, but is Jim in ? I 
have a message for him from Matheson. 

Mary. No, he's just gone down to the ship to see 
Mr. Matheson. 

Sam {to Mrs Rogers). There now, we're too late. 
{To Mrs. Gannett.) I'm Sam Rogers. Your hus- 
band and me are mates. This is my missus. 

Mary. Oh, I am very glad to see you both. Do 
come in, Jim's often talked of you, Mr. Rogers, he'll 
be back vejy soon, and then we'll have tea. You'd 
like a cup of tea, wouldn't you, Mrs. Rogers ? 

Jane. Thank you, my dear, I never say no to a 
cup of tea. 

Sam. No more she don't. Why, she's a regular 
old cup o' tea herself. 

Jane. Oh, go along with you, Sam. I'll have to 
send you to sea again. 

Sam. Why, I've only just come back. 

Jane. Well, behave, theji. Sam, look at your 
pipe. 



THE GREY PARROT. H 

Mary. Oh, it's all right, he may smoke here. 

Jane {to Mrs. Gannett). Husbands are a nui- 
sance, aren't they, Mrs. Gannett ? 

Mary. Well, I am afraid I don't look upon Jim as 
a nuisance, except when he's jealous. 

Jane. What, is Mr. Gannett jealous ? 

Sam. Jealous ! Why, he's a green-eyed monster 
of the very deepest green. 

Mary. Has he told you, Mr. Rogers ? 

Sam. Well, rather I You see we're mates and 
naturally talk things over together. 

Mary. And are you jealous too ? 

Sam. Me, jealous ? What, of my missus ? No fear, 
bless her heart, she's a gem. 

Jane. Sam, you be quiet. 

Mary. I am sure you're a very happy couple. 

Jane. You're right, my dear, we are; we under- 
stand one another — that's the great secret. I thought 
when I came in you had something worrying you. 
You'll excuse me, my dear, for saying it, but I like 
you, and if you'll let me, perhaps I can cheer you up 
a bit. 

Mary. It's very good of you. 

Jane. Not at all, my dear, you see when your hus- 
band's away, Sam's away with him. So why shouldn't 
I come round and keep you company. Perhaps Mr. 
Gannett would feel easier in his mind, though I am 
sure that he has no reason for jealousy. 

Mary. Indeed no, I love him too dearly. Still 
there's no getting away from it, he's as jealous as he 
can be. Now, what do you think ? Why, he's brought 
a parrot home to watch me. 

Jane. A parrot to watch you ? 

Mary. Yes, there it is. It's a magic bird. He 
says that it's able to tell what people are doing even 
when they are nowhere near, and that it will tell him 
all about what I've done, where I've been and who's 
been to see me while he's away. 

Sam (aside). So that was his scheme, was it ? 



12 TSEl GtlEY PARROT. 

Jane. What ! You mean to tell me your husband 
said that ? 

Mary. Yes. 

Jane. Sam, I wish you'd talk to me like that. I 
wish somebody would persuade you to talk to me like 
that. Only me. 

Sam. No fear o' that, old girl. I know what's good 
for me. 

Mary. Still it does show he's fond of me, doesn't it ? 

Jane. Well, it may be his way of showing it. But 
you surely don't believe it, do you ? 

Mary. Well, I— 

Jane. My dear, it's all rubbish. I call it disgrace-, 
ful for a husband to invent such a story to frighten 
his wife. I never heard of such a thing, I'd like to 
give Mr. Gannett a piece of my mind. Just half an 
hour of it. He wouldn't be the same man afterwards, 
I'd parrot him. 

Sam. He wouldn't have a feather left. 

Jane. Excuse me, my dear, getting so excited 
about it, but I can see you are a dear good little woman, 
and I feel indignant 

Mary. Thank you so much. You've cheered me up. 

Jane. That's right, my dear. I can tell you this, 
if my Sam brought me home a parrot, and told me 
such a fandango of nonsense about it, I'd have its 
neck wrung. There are enough mischief-makers in 
the world without /^rr^?/^' stepping in to help them. 

Sam. I told him he'd better sell it. Why, Hobson 
of the Dockers' Arms offered him five pounds for it 
because of its swearing capabilities. 

Jane. Oh, it swears too, does it ? 

Mary. Yes, I only heard one sentence, and then 
Jim said I'd better leave it covered up. 

Jane. Have you heard it swear, Sam ? 

Sam. Rather! Why, Gannett dropped it off the 
'bus and the language that bird used was awful. 

Jane. Well, I think if I were you, my dear. I 
should sell it to Hobson. 



THE GREY i>ARliOT. 13 

Mary. Oh, I daren't. Why, what would Jim say ? 

Sam. Well, even if he swears he couldn't beat the 
parrot. 

Jane. Mrs. Gannett, I've got an idea — I think I 
know a way to cure your husband of jealousy, and get 
rid of the parrot at the same time. 

Mary. Oh, if you only could, Mrs. Rogers, I should 
be so grateful, but I'm sure Jim won't part with the 
bird. 

Jane. Just wait and see, dear. Doesn't it strike 
you that if that parrot is so clever as to be able to tell 
Mr. Gannett- all you do, it might be clever enough to 
tell you all that Mr. Gannett has done ? 

Sam. Well, I'm blowed, I never thought o' that. 

Mary. But how are we going to find out the way 
to make it tell us ? 

Jane. There's no need for that. I've got a parrot 
of my own. 

Sam. Eh ? 

Jane. Yes, a green one. 

Sam. Where ? 

Jane {scratching Sam's head). Pretty Poll 1 

Sam. Here — look here, now — 

Jane {laicghiiigly). And he's a very valuable bird, 
too. Why, I wouldn't part with him for all the world. 
Yes, Sam, you're the parrot that shall tell us. 

Sam. Me ? Why, how do you mean ? 

Jane. Well, now, hasn't Mr. Gannett got into any 
little scrapes during this last trip ? Harmless ones, I 
dare say, but still sufficient perhaps to make a woman — 
a jealous woman — jealous. 

Sam. Oh, come now, that would be telling. 

Jane. Yes, perhaps it would, but don't you think 
you could give Mrs. Gannet a hint, of say a couple of 
little sprees, the sort of sprees you sailors are always 
having. She won't say she heard of them from you. 
She'll say the parrot told her and Mr. Gannett need 
never know otherwise. 

Sam {as the idea is dawning upon him» roaring with 



14 THE GREY PARROT. 

laughter). Ha, ha, splendid ! Why, of course I can. 
Look here, Mrs. Gannett, you talk to him about his visit 
to the concert gardens at Genoa where he got three parts 
half sprung and smashed a little marble-topped table, 
and knocked down two waiters, and how if it hadn't 
been for the Captain of the '* Pursuit," who happened to 
be there, and got him away, he'd have been locked up. 
Yes, and about the girl at the fruit stall at Naples, and 
how on the strength of having bought three pen'orth 
of green figs from her, he put his arm round her waist, 
and tried to kiss her, and how her sweetheart, who was 
standing by, tried to stab him, and about his being in 
such a state of funk, he jumped into the harbour and 
was nearly drowned, and again at Suez 

Jane (primly). That's quite enough to go on with, 
thank you, Sam. 

Sam. Oh, but I must tell you about Suez. 

Jane. That'll do, Sam ! 

Sam. Oh, but it was the funniest thing. 

']k^^ {imperatively). Sam! 

Sam. My love, you don't know what you're missing. 

Jane. That's quite enough, Sam. Don't you think 
so, my dear ? 

Mary. Yes, I am half afraid, but I'll try it when he 
comes back. But oh, Mr. Rogers, he wasn't seriously 
in love with her, was he ? 

Sam. No fear, he was only jollying. Why, lor' 
bless you, do you think I should have told you, if there 
had been any harm in it ? 

Mary. Thank you, Mrs. Rogers, I think I see my 
way. Yes, I'll take your advice and sell the parrot. 
That is, if you'll do something else for me. 
' Jane. Certainly, my dear, eh, Sam ? 

Sam. Of course we will, what is it ? 

Mary. Well, whilst I finish getting tea ready, will 
you both go round to the Dockers' Arms and tell Mr. 
Hobson to send for the bird ? 

Jane. That's right, my dear, don't you be put upon. 
It'll all come right if you show spirit enough. 



THE GREY PARROT. X5 

Mary. Oh, I've made up my mind about it. I 
hope Jim will see I'm right. 

Jane. Of course he will, my dear. 

(Jane a7id Sam going toivards door r. c.) 

Mary Oh, would you mind going out the back 
way in case Jim sees you ? I expect him back every 
minute. He mustn't suspect that I got to know of his 
doings from any one but the parrot. 

Jane. Certainly not. 

(Jane exits^ 

Sam {pointing to parrot'). That parrot mind.— 
{Pointing to himself.) Not this parrot. [At door L.) 
Oh, Mrs.Gannet, I should like to tell you what hap- 
pened at Suez. 

Jane {very shortly). Sam ! 

Sam. All right, my love. Coming. 

{Exit L.) 

Mary. I'm afraid I shall find it very hard to talk 
to Jim, but {to parrot) if I can only get rid of you, you 
horrid bird, I shall feel happier. 

(Mr. Gannett enters, d. r. c.) 

Jim. Well, my dear, here I am again. {Kisses her.) 
Matheson had gone about the steering gear when I 
got down to the boat, so I had my trip for nothing. 
Ha, it's good to be home again. Well, how do you 
like the parrot ? 

Mary. Not at all. In fact, Jim dear, I've accepted 
Mr. Hobson's offer for that bird. 

Jim. What do you mean ? 

Mary. Yes, dear, ;^5. 

Jim. But you're not to sell it. I didn't give it to 
you to sell. 

Mary. Well, Jim, I shall poison it. It's a beast. 



16 THE GREY PARROT. 

Besides, I don't like it, Jim. I don't like the idea of 
its watching me always. You see it might make no 
end of mischief by not telling the truth. 

Jim. That bird couldn't tell a lie if it tried to. 

(A knock heard D. R. c. Mrs. Gannett, goes to door 
and opens it. Hobson discovered.) 

HoBSON. Good afternoon. I've come for that 
parrot. 

Jim. Well, you can't have it, it's not for sale. 

Mary. If you'll just wait a minute, Mr. Hobson, 
I think you'll find it is for sale. Jim, if you don't let 
me sell that bird, I shall go home to mother. It's not 
truthful. 

Jim. Not truthful ! 

Mary. No, it's been telling me things about you. 

Jim. About me ! Telling things about me ? 

Hobson. Here, am I going to have that bird, or 
am I not? 

Jim. No! 

Mary. Please wait, Mr. Hobson. 

Hobson. All right. 

Mary. Jim, there's more magic about that bird 
than you thought. It has been saying such shocking 
things about you, I couldn't bear it. And as you say 
it can't tell lies I don't know what to think. 

Jim. Things about me ! Do you think you're talk- 
ing to a child } I should like to hear some of them 
if you can remember them. {Sneeringly.) 

Hobson. Am I in the way } 

Mary. The first thing it told me was about the 
time you were at Genoa. The parrot said you were 
at some concert gardens, but I don't suppose there is 
such a place there. 

Jim {feebly). I believe there is — I — I've heard 
our chaps talk about it. 

Mary. But you haven't been there. Have you, 
Jim? 

Jim {emphatically) Never 1 



THE GREY PARROT. 17 

Mary. That wicked bird said you got intoxicated 

there. 

HoBSON. Hullo, this is in my line. 

Mary. And that you smashed a little marble-topped 
table and knocked down two waiters, and that if it 
had not been for the Captain of the " Pursuit," who 
was there at the time, and who got you away, you'd 
have been locked up. Wasn't it a wicked bird ? 

Jim. Horrible 1 Shocking 1 

HoBSON. In my opinion it's a genius. 

Mary. I don't suppose there ever was a ship 
called the " Pursuit." 

Jim. Doesn't sound like a ship's name. 

HoBSON {much impressed). If the parrot said there 
was, you can bet it is all right. 

Mary. Well then, a few days later it said, your 
ship was at Naples. 

Jim. I never went ashore all the time we were at 

Naples. 

Mary. The parrot said you did. 

Jim {starting up). I suppose you'll believe your 
own lawful husband before that— (yV^^/ going to say 

t/—) bird? , , . , 

HoBSON. Well, in my opinion it's a very clever bird. 

Jim. Oh, you shut up. , , , • 

HoBSON. Well, I merely remarked that in my 

opinion . ,^ 

Jim. Well, you keep your opinions to yourselt. 

HoBSON. All right. . 

Jim {to Mary). I ask you, are you going to be- 
lieve that bird before your husband ? 

Mary Of course I don't believe it, Jim, I m trying 
to prove to you that the bird is not truthful, but you're 
so hard to persuade. Was there a girl who kept a 
fruit stall just by the harbour ? ^ x rj 

Jim {gazing restlessly in direction of cage). How 

should I know ? j ^u *- 

Mary Well, the parrot said there was, and that one 
evening on the strength of having bought three pen - 



Ig THE GREY PARROT. 

orth of green figs from her, you put your arm around 
her waist and tried to kiss her, and her sweetheart 
who was standing by, was going to stab you ; to escape 
him you jumped into the harbour and were nearly 
drowned. Then again, the bird said that when you 
were at Suez 

Jim. That'll do. 

Mary. I am sure I don't want to have to repeat 
it, but it said that when you were at Suez 

Jim. That'll do. {Bus.) 

HoBSON {softly). Suez ! Is that where the Canal 
is? 

Jim. Here, Hobson, hand over that liver and take 
that — that — {Choke) beast away. 

Hobson. Beast\ In my opinion it's a marvel. 

Jim. Well, on this occasion you are at liberty to 
your opinion. 

Hobson. Well, I never parted with ;^5 more readily 
in all my life. I can tell you, Mr. Gannett, that the 
jealousy this bird will create amongst my customers 
will be enormous. Some of 'em flatters themselves on 
their command of what they calls their mother tongue, 
but I can see their faces blushing at their incompetence 
when this 'ere bird once, gets fairly started. Come 
along, my professor of elocution. 

{Exits with parrot D. R. c. to R.) 

Mary. Now you see why I wanted to get rid of 
that bird, don't you, Jim ? You're so jealous that if it 
had told you untruths about me^ you would have 
believed them, wouldn't you ? 

Jim {taki?ig Mary in his arms). No, my dear, I 
wouldn't. Look here, Mary, I promise you I'll never 
be jealous again. 

Mary. And I did quite right to sell it, didn't I, 
Jim? 

Jim. Quite right. {Givitig her the £^ note). And 
you buy something that won't talk. 

Mary. I will, Jim dear. 



THE GHEY PARROT. 19 

(Knocks heard d. r. c. Jim opens door discovering Mr. 
and Mrs. Rogers.) 

Sam. Well, here we are back again, Mrs. Gan- 
nett. Jim, this is my wife. 

Jim. How d'ye do. Come in, we're just going to 
have a cup of tea. Why, Sam, I didn't know you 
knew Mrs. Gannett. 

Sam. Well, I didn't till this afternoon. But me 
and my wife came round with Matheson's message 
and Mrs. Gannett kindly asked us in to tea. 

Mary. O yes, I forgot to tell you about it, Jim 
dear, 

Jim. Oh ! You. You've been here before have 
you ? {Truth dawning on him^ to Sam mea?iingly.) 
Sam, do you know what I'd like to do to you ? 

Sam {with affected innoce?ice). Eh ! Me ! No-o-o-o ! 

Jim (meafiingly). Drop you off the top of a 'bus. 
(Sam starts afid edges away — Jim follows him up.) 
Pull your tail feathers out, and then wring your neck. 
{Laughingly^ 

Sam {innocently and questioningly). Like a bird ? 

Jim. Yes, like a bird ! 

Mary. Jim dear — I felt like doing that to " The 
Grey Parrot." 

{All sit down to tea-table.) 
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200 Our Wife 

VOL. XXVI. 

201 My Husband's Mirror 

202 Yankee" Land 

203 Norah Creina 

204 Good for Nothing 

205 The First Night 

206 The Eton Boy 

207 Wandering Minstrel 

208 Wanted, 1000 Milliners 
VOL. XXVII. 

209 PoorPilcoddy 

210 The Mummy [Glasses 

211 Don't Forget your Opers 

212 Love in Livery 

213 Anthony and Cleopatra 

214 Trying It On 

215 Stage Struck Yankee 

216 Young Wife & Old Urn 
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VOL. xxvni. 

217 Crinoline 

218 A Fai/iilv Failing 

219 Adopted Child 

220 Turned Heads 

221 A Match in the Dark 

222 Advice to Husbands 
123 Siamese Twins 
'24 Sent to the Tower 

VOL. XXIX. 
225 Somebody Else 
2 6 Ladies' Battle 

227 \Tt of Acting 

228 The Lady of the Lions 

229 The Rigfits of Man 

230 My Husband's Ghost 

231 Two Can Play at that 
Game 

232 Fighting bv Proxy 
VOL. XXX. 

233 Unprotected Female 

234 Pet of the Petticoats 

235 Fortv and Fifty [hook 

236 Who Stole the Pocket- 

237 Mv Son Diana [sion 

238 Unwarrantable Intru 

239 IMr. and Mrs. White 

240 A Quiet Family 



160 Amateurs and Actors 240 A Quiet ^am.iy o.v 

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1249 Dr. Dil worth 

250 Out to Nurse 

251 A Lucky Hit 

252 The Dowager 

253 Metamora (Burlesque) 

254 Dreams of Delusion 

255 The Shaker Lovers 

256 Ticklish Times 
VOL. XXXIIL 

151 20 Minutes with a Tiger 

258 Miralda ; or, the Justice 
of Tacon 

259 A Soldier's Courtship 

260 Servants by Legacy 

261 Dying for Love 

262 Alarming Sacrifice 

263 Valet de Sham 

264 Nicholas Nicklebv 
VOL. XXXIV^. 

265 The Last of the Pigtails 

266 King Rene's Daughter 

267 The Grotto Nymph 

268 A Devilish Good Joke 

269 A Twice Told Tale 

270 Pas de Fascination 
71 Revolutionary Soldier 

272 A Man Vt'ithout a Head 
VOL. XXXV. 

273 The Olio, Part 1 

274 Tne Olio, Part 2 

275 The Olio, Part 3 [ter i 

276 The Trumpeter's Daugb- | 

277 Seeing Warren i 

278 Green Mountain Boy 

279 That Nose 

280 Tom Noddy's Secret 
VOL. XXXVI. 

.„. Shocking Evente 

282 A Regular Fix 

283 Dick Turpin 

284 Young Scimp 

285 Young Actress 

286 Call at No. 1—7 

287 One Touch of Nature 

288 Two B'hoys 
VOL. XXXVII. 

289 All the World's a Stage 

290 Quash, or Nigger Prao- 

291 Turn Him Out [tice 

292 Pretty Girls of StlUberg 

293 Angel of the Attic 

294 CircumstancesalterCases 

295 Kattv O'Sheal 

296 A Supper in Dixie 
VOL. XXXVIII. 

297 Ici on Parle Francais 

298 Who Killed Cock Robin 

299 Declaration of Independ- 

300 Heads or Tails \mce 

301 Obstinate Family 

302 My Aunt 

303 That Rascal Pat 

304 Don Paddv de Bazan 
VOL. XXXIX. [tnre 

305 Too Much for Good Na- 

306 Cure for the Fidgets 

307 Jack's the Lad 

308 MuchAdoAl)outNothtog 

309 Artful Dodger 

310 Winning Hazard 

311 Day's Fishing [Ac. 

312 Did vou ev-r se I your, 
VOL. XL. 

313 An Irishman's Maneuver 
-314 Cousin Fannie 

315 'Tis the Darkest Hour be- 

316 Masquerade [fore Dawn 

317 Crowding the Season 

318 Good Night's Rest 

319 Man with the Carpet Bag 

320 Terrible Tinker 



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